This is my opinion with limited knowledge, but here goes.

1) Kentucky - there's lots of good reports on W. kentucky near Illinois
2) Missouri - I've seen many good reports on Missouri as well.
3) Alabama - late rut as far as rut goes and that makes it nice. Gun season is still long though.
4) Mississippi - I've heard alot of good about Mississippi.
5) Georgia - I live in GA. Numbers are great, but it's rare to shoot bucks over 120, and almost
impossible to get a booner. Rifle season is too long and deer limit too high IMHO.
6) South Carolina- to long of a gun season in many areas.
7) Virginia - don't know much about it.
8) North Carolina- don't know anything about it.